Urgent Action Needed in the Sahel Region of West Africa, Saskatoon
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Friday, May 4, 2012
City:
Saskatoon
Province/Territory:
SK
Contact Name:
Danielle Paydli
Contact Phone:
(306) 242-4097
Contact Email:
danielle.paydli@oxfam.ca
Come out to hear Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director, Robert Fox, speak on this important issue
More than 15 million people are vulnerable to hunger in seven countries: Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Chad, The Gambia, Senegal, and Burkina Faso. Food stocks have already run out for some communities, and are running dangerously low for others.
Support to protect lives and livelihoods is urgently needed before the crisis becomes a large-scale humanitarian disaster. It is not too late.
Oxfam and local partner organizations from the Sahel called for urgent action on five fronts to avert a repeat of the catastrophic food crisis in the Horn of Africa last year. Those five fronts are commitment and disbursement of aid funds; targeting the most vulnerable people, including those affected by conflict; keeping regional markets open and prices down; strengthening leadership and coordination; and investment in the long term to break the hunger cycle.
“We learned then that the biggest risk is to wait,” said Robert Fox, executive director of Oxfam Canada. “Acting earlier saves lives, prevents misery and costs far less in international aid.”
Two opportunities to hear Robert Fox speak:
University of Saskatchewan
Room Number: TBD
Thursday, May 3rd
7:00PM
University of Saskatchewan
Centre for the Study of Cooperatives, River Room
Friday, May 4th
12PM (brown bag lunch & learn)
